David J Hunter

Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine University of Oxford. Formerly a Dean at Harvard. Chief Science Advisor to Our Future Health.

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That’s it. I’m outta here after Elon endorses the White Replacement Theory and Grok undresses women without a response. Twitter was nice while it lasted…

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@Laurie_Garrett Well she got out of the tough jail…

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@Peter_Fitz only 3 points down at half time at Eden Park - would take that every time!

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@venkmurthy @zakkohane Agree - 5 years is enough (one extra year for preclinical instead of undergrad degree).

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@MaxCRoser Tobacco cessation to reduce lung cancer and CVD? Ernst Wynder and Richard Doll.

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@Peter_Fitz Iv

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@kamleshkhunti Are these due to sfx? 15-30pct just don’t tolerate. The paradox is that the demand is immense among people who do not have T2D and do not have obesity plus 4 comorbidities and are buying from the internet Wild West. This is doing harm. I cannot understand how this is legal.

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@mbeisen Small neighbourhood bistro - not fancy

https://t.co/cuyapxISSb

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@Atul_Gawande @Reuters And nothing says “saving money” like grain rotting in silos, medicines expiring because they can’t be delivered, and scientific studies being stopped before they are completed.

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@cspramesh @Aiims1742 At least some of it is Obesity

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@nilanjan10c @SashaGusevPosts The data re in the paper Nilanjan but it will be 10 years before the full natural history (modified by treatment) plays out…

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@kamleshkhunti @ClareHambling @AmarPut @scelee1 @rcgp Congratulations Kamlesh!

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@JeremyFarrar @uk_biobank @wellcometrust @The_MRC And just imagine the contribution @ukfuturehealth will make once the data matures! @JeremyFarrar

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@Atul_Gawande @USAID Tragic - and the disinformation adds insult to the massive injury to aid recipients and the US reputation.

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@cspramesh I have read it is true

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@paulpharoah I’ll see your MR study and raise you one:
Went, M., Sud, A., Mills, C. et al. Phenome-wide Mendelian randomisation analysis of 378,142 cases reveals risk factors for eight common cancers. Nat Commun 15, 2637 (2024). https://t.co/EWPdZsZkOO

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@mendel_random A big piece of the answer to your question is that the report is said to be from researchers at “Oxford University and CRUK” - CRUK was the funder but obsessively pumps out press releases in the belief that this increases fund raising.

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@mendel_random Can’t disagree, especially since the coffee morning/all day finding is not a significant interaction just a stratum-specific association. The dairy CRC/association is probably real however - consistent and backed by the lactase persistence MR.

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Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is threatening to unseat elected officials if they do not follow his orders to shut down the government during the holidays.

Are we still a democracy or have we already moved to oligarchy and authoritarianism?